1091 Pictures was an American production company based in New York City and Los Angeles. The company was founded as the film and television division subsidiary of The Orchard in 2015. The company is best known for the Oscar-nominated films Life, Animated and Cartel Land.[1] Sony divested the company and its catalogue of over 4,000 in 2019, with the company adopting the name 1091 Media.[2] In 2020, the company rebranded as 1091 Pictures and announced that its parent company rebranded as Streamwise, the name of its new technology platform in development.[3]

1091 Pictures
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFilm
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
FounderThe Orchard (Sony Music Entertainment)
DefunctJuly 10, 2024; 5 months ago (2024-07-10)
FateChapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation by parent company
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
ParentThe Orchard (2015–2019)
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (2021–2024)
WebsiteArchived official website at the Wayback Machine (archived July 21, 2024)

History

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The company was founded in 2015, as a video on demand division of the Orchard, a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment.[4] By year end, the company expanded to theatrical releases,[5] initially setting a seven-film release with Mark Duplass, and Jay Duplass.[6] The company also picked up Cartel Land, which went on to get an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary in 2016.[7]

In September 2016, the company announced a film transparency platform to help independent filmmakers get more data around rentals, streams and purchases as well as projections for when a film will break even and start generating profits.[8]

In January 2019, the film and television division was divested from The Orchard sold its film and television division.[9] The company was acquired by the principals of Dimensional Associates, a private equity firm that launched The Orchard.[10] The company's final films were Japanese Borscht and Baristas, before being rebranded as 1091 Media on April 3, 2019.[11]

In April 2019, film studio Fathom Events signed a multi-year distribution deal with 1091 Media.[12]

In July 2020, the company announced a new CTO, Simon Zhu, rebranded its distribution business as 1091 Pictures, and rebranded its parent company as Streamwise. Streamwise is a new technology platform the company is developing to provide distributors, production companies and filmmakers with insights and consolidated financial information for their releases, along with consolidated access to top streaming channels and other services. A private beta of the Streamwise platform is expected to release in December 2020, beginning with more than 500 distributors already tied to 1091 Pictures. The launch of Streamwise marks the final step in the separation of 1091's systems from its previous owner, The Orchard.[3]

In August 2020, former Roku executive, Doug Shineman, joined 1091 Pictures and Streamwise as CRO, leading teams responsible for revenue generation, including all dealmaking, strategy and marketing for the business.[13]

In March 2022, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment acquired 1091 Pictures.[14]

On April 23, 2024, Chicken Soup for the Soul announced a $636.6 million loss in 2023, and warned that without any options to generate additional financing, the company may be forced to liquidate or pause operations, and seek a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing.[15] On June 29, 2024, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after missing a week of paying its employees and failing to secure financing.[16] On July 11, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved a conversion of the bankruptcy to Chapter 7, which would signal a liquidation of the company's assets, and the cessation of its subsidiaries, including 1091 Pictures.[17]

Filmography

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As The Orchard

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Release date Film Title Notes
January 16, 2015 Loitering with Intent [18]
February 3, 2015 What We Do in the Shadows [19]
May 29, 2015 Club Life [20]
August 18, 2015 6 Years [21]
February 9, 2016 A Stand Up Guy [22]
April 28, 2016 The American Side [23]
October 14, 2016 Christine [24]
January 24, 2017 Long Nights Short Mornings [25]
June 9, 2017 The Hero [26]
September 29, 2017 Super Dark Times [27]
April 20, 2018 The Devil and Father Amorth [28]
September 11, 2018 Paper Year [29]
May 17, 2019 Unacknowledged: An Exposé of the World's Greatest Secret [30][31]
June 2019 Baristas [32]
June 6, 2019 The Vic [33]
May 2019 The Renegade [34]

Under 1091 Pictures

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Release Date Film Title Notes
May 3, 2019 Meeting Gorbachev [35]
May 24, 2019 Halston [36]
August 2, 2019 Them That Follow [37]
August 30, 2019 Before You Know It [38]
September 6, 2019 Blink of an Eye [39]
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice co-distribution with Greenwich Entertainment[40]
September 27, 2019 Sister Aimee [41]
November 5, 2019 Return to Mount Kennedy [42]
December 6, 2019 Midnight Family [43]
February 12, 2020 Intersect [44]
March 13, 2020 A Kid From Coney Island [45]
April 7, 2020 Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Contact has Begun [46]
What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire [47]
April 14, 2020 The Legend of Swee' Pea [48]
April 28, 2020 Until The Birds Return [49]
May 2, 2020 Feral [50]
June 16, 2020 The Pollinators [51]
Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth [52]
June 23, 2020 The Ghost of Peter Sellers [53]
August 4, 2020 The Stand: How One Gesture Shook The World [54]
Star Light [55]
CRSHD [56]
August 18, 2020 Tracks [57]
A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story [58]
September 15, 2020 Wheels [59]
September 29, 2020 Chasing the Present [60]
Inez & Doug & Kira [61]
October 6, 2020 The Phenomenon [62]
Naughty Books [63]
DEAD (In Cinemas 9/25) [64]
Treason [65]
Tanner Hall Forever [66]
The Ringmaster [67]
October 13, 2020 When the Storm Fades [68]
Bane: Holding These Moments
The Dance [69]
October 20, 2020 The Mothman Legacy
Tar [70]
November 10, 2020 Transference: A Love Story
November 17, 2020 1 Night in San Diego [71]
December 1, 2020 Disco [72]
Alt Space
December 8, 2020 The Planters [73]
December 15, 2020 The Last Blockbuster [74]
January 19, 2021 Ten Minutes To Midnight [75]
Personhood
January 26, 2021 A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem [76]
February 9, 2021 Sator [77]
February 9, 2021 Tazmanian Devil [78]
February 16, 2021 Alice Fades Away
August 24, 2021 Echoes of Violence [79]
October 1,

2021

Runt
October 12, 2021 The Cleaner [80]
November 2, 2021 Curtis [81]
November 2, 2021 Electric Jesus [82]
November 9, 2021 The Drummer [83]
October 18, 2022 Moment of Contact [84]
November 8, 2022 Vide Noir [85]

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